TechFlash’s Todd Bishop spotted photos of the Bing logo plastered on the side of a Boeing Delta II rocket. The craft, which successfully launched Oct. 8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carried DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite into orbit, where it will take high-def photos of Earth.

On Oct. 7, DigitalGlobe announced a partnership with Microsoft to provide the software giant with satellite and aerial images for Virtual Earth and Bing Maps.

“We’ll finally be able to backfill areas around the world where people have come to my blog and complained about Virtual Earth not having good imagery or photos in their countries – Poland, Hungary, Russia, Taiwan, Mexico, to name a few,” wrote Microsoft’s Chris Pendleton on the Bing Community Blog. “I’ve heard you loud and clear. And, now, we’re fixing that problem.”

DigitalGlobe already has a partnership with Google to provide photos for Google Earth. On its Lat Long Blog, Google offered congratulations on the launch.